(*) The European Parliament today adopted the following 7-point Resolution on Cambodia. It
1. Expresses its deep concerns over the recent political escalation and calls for a halt to the judicial harassment of the acting leader of the opposition, Kem Sokha, and representatives of civil society organisations, and to revoke the arrest warrant and drop all charges issued against opposition leader Sam Rainsy and to drop the charges against Rong Chhun;

2. Urges the Cambodian authorities to resume as soon as possible a peaceful and constructive dialogue with the opposition, as this is a prerequisite for the legitimacy of the forthcoming elections;

3. Reminds the Cambodian Government that it has to fulfil its obligations and commitments regarding the democratic principles and fundamental human rights which are an essential element of the Cooperation Agreement;

4. Calls on the Cambodian government to end arbitrary detentions and suspicious acts of disappearing, to release all political prisoners and to allow voluntary and human rights-defending organisations to operate freely;

5. Encourages the government to work towards strengthening democracy and the rule of law and to respect human rights and fundamental freedoms, which includes fully complying with the constitutional provisions concerning pluralism and freedom of association and expression;

6. Calls on the EU Institutions and the Member States to set out clear benchmarks for the forthcoming elections in Cambodia, consistent with international law on freedom of expression, association and assembly, and to publicly communicate these benchmarks to Cambodian authorities and the opposition;

7. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission, the Council, the European External Action Service, the Member States, the Government and National Assembly of the Kingdom of Cambodia and the governments of the ASEAN countries. http://tinyurl.com/zfhppt2

As a Khmer, i personally praise for this effort . But i don't believe this tyrant regime with communist heart will listen or apply to your request . They will repute and dispute in every points you raise . The easy way to deal with this barbaric regime, is not just verbal a suggestion like this notes. EU need to use another alternative and forceful action to further warning this regime to pay attention. Just instruct them If this government had not come back to the democratic venue ruling like after treaty of 1991, EU countries will cut all humanitarian aid to Cambodia,and on top of that boycott All commerce or import export from this Kingdom . You don't need to wait long, the problem with this pinhead regime will resolve . Because the regime of obstructionist of international law and severed repression of their citizen and opposition can't or will not survive long with stagnant economy and import or export from the EU or US period .

Resolution after resolution passed by the EU over the decades hasn't done anything to improve human rights records. What makes UE think that it will make any difference this time round?. What the West has done is effectively useless and the fucking youn and the cpp monkeys always have the last laugh. Now it is even harder for the West to get the cpp monkeys to accept the conditions to aid because the cpp has china as its financial baker and can choose to ignore the West.Even as now the EU continues to give aid to the fucking regime and the future. We call it "pay lips service.

EU can write many statement as they want and I think Hun Sen will not care a bout that . What EU do? cut all the fund for NGO? that what HUN Sen want it . I think Just EU letter and EU Money will not stop HUN Sen because Hun Sen is a billionaire and some of CPP have no place to keep their DOLLAR. I think this letter it's just a letter.

We need to understand that the EU and the US priority are to help the Khmer people but not the government, but unfortunately many of the helps have to channel through the government. And Ah kwang understands that too.

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